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An unprecedented entry was submitted to the SegaXtreme Showcase this year: Coup, a homebrew game that not only features six-player simultaneous online play but also crossplay with a Web version….
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition, we’re covering the Saturn version of Command & Conquer. This 1996 port of the influential PC game has some secrets hiding in its game data: A couple…
News
This week, we’ve gotten a few pieces of news that are notable to Saturn fans, from an infamous dating sim is getting a remake, to a patch enabling a hidden…
Best Of Saturn
A 17-year-old named Angie Hart is found dead at the foot of the planetarium in Chicago, and it’s up to detective J.B. Harold — YOU — to solve this murder…
Community
Watch the trailer for this month’s community challenge: This July we’re bringing the arcade home with the seventh volume of the Saturn’s SEGA AGES games, Memorial Selection Vol. 1! That’s…
News
A small but promising homebrew game was submitted to the SegaXtreme Showcase last month: Fists of Ouchie, a 2D versus fighting game. It somewhat resembles Super Smash Bros. — its…
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An in-progress isometric RPG was submitted to the SegaXtreme Showcase last month called Shadows of Peakwater. It’s a 2D turn-based game being developed by 500zorkmids, who said they were inspired…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: The cheat sites list a bogus “Debug menu” code for Alone in the Dark 2. I went looking for the real code in the game data —…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Fire Pro Gaiden: Blazing Tornado – Port of ‘Noiz2sa’ Submitted to SegaXtreme Saturn Showcase…
Best Of Saturn
One of the very first Saturn titles to receive a fan translation, Revolutionary Girl Utena: Story of the Someday Revolution is a polished visual novel based on the excellent anime…
News
A Saturn port of the “abstract” bullet-hell shooter Noiz2sa has been submitted by the.chojin to the SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. You can see SHIRO!’s summary of the submissions…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – ★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 33 — A Deeper Dive Into ISIX w/ PandaMonium Reviews – Under the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition, we’re examining Fire Pro Gaiden: Blazing Tornado, the 1995 game from Human Entertainment. It wasn’t published outside of Japan, but an English translation patch was made available…
Community
Weighing in at a cool 7 gigabytes, this new Cinepak Movie Disc release of PandaMonium Reviews’ massive, nearly eight-hour “Digging for ISIX – A Digital Pictures History” documentary was quietly…
Best Of Saturn
What’s in a name, anyways?? With an odd title, Linkle Liver Story is a cute 1996 Japanese action RPG released by NexTech. The game revolves around fox-girl Kitsch and the…
News
New patches for SteamGear Mash not only translate the isometric Saturn-exclusive shooter into English but also add support for the 3D controller. Suinevere Pendragon uploaded the patches Monday to SegaXtreme…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Yaba Sanshiro Reworks VDP2 Emulation for Android App – Bulk Slash #BestOfSaturn – Crypt Killer, Mighty Hits…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: I discovered a cheat code that enables debug mode and maximum stats in Legend of Oasis a few years ago. But there’s more lurking in the game’s…
PandaMonium Reviews
Pat and Nick (AKA PandaMonium) talk about the Digging for ISIX documentary on Digital Pictures, and goes into greater detail and commentary on said video’s production, editing, and much more!…
News
Prolific fan translation patch maker Exxistance kicked off what he calls his “summer of Saturn” today with an English patch for the Saturn port of SNK 2D fighting game Shinouken,…
News
Waialae no Kiseki: Extra 36 Holes — the Walrus-less spiritual successor to Pebble Beach Golf Links — is now playable in English thanks to a recent “English Toggle Patch” by…
News
Crypt Killer and Mighty Hits are the latest light-gun titles to receive quality of life patches courtesy of romhacker privateye. Released patches for Crypt Killer and Mighty Hits on Saturn…
Best Of Saturn
Hudson Soft’s Bulk Slash arrived on Saturn mid-1997, and immediately turned heads with sensational audiovisuals taking full advantage of the Saturn’s unique architecture. A mech action game played from a…
News
The Android version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated over the weekend, bringing a major rewrite of how the VDP2 graphics chip is emulated. It comes just a few…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Hyper 3D Taisen Battle Gebockers – Blast Wind #BestOfSaturn – The SHIRO! Community Crosses…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: There’s an Easter egg in Kaitou Saint Tail. It lets you play a ghost-fighting mini-game. To access it, hold L+R while pressing C on the minigame entry…
News
New patches this week add 3D analog controller functionality to a pair of Saturn racing games, V.R. Virtua Racing and High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, as well as keyboard and…
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It’s free, open source under the GPLv3, and ready to download right now:https://github.com/DerekPascarella/UniversalDreamcastPatcher Just over six years ago, I set out on a mission. I wanted to write an application…
News
Longtime Saturn homebrew coder Ervilsoft submitted their Saturn port of the infamous Flash game The World’s Hardest Game to the SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. You can see SHIRO!’s…
Community
The checkered flag is waving as the SHIRO! community celebrates the end of an exhilarating month of F1 Challenge! Step away from your sweat-slicked Arcade Racers, fingers off those worn…
Best Of Saturn
In 1993, Technosoft prepared an overhead / vertical shmup called Blast Wind for the arcades, but ultimately never released it. When the time was right, a 1997 limited release conversion…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
What does Gebockers mean? I asked a robot and got this back: ゲボッカーズ (Gebockers) is a Japanese word that is derived from “ゲボッ” (gebo), which is used to represent the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Samurai Spirits RPG – Partial English Patch for Astra Superstars Submitted to SegaXtreme Saturn…
Community
Also on Game Gear! This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast! Episode 8: Getting Overserved with Sascha from FULLSET Air Date: 2026-05-30 Patreon Early Access: 2026-05-21 Join Patrick and Dan as they sit down…